2 wheel drive or 4 wheel drive

Veebyes wrote:

mountainsam wrote:
Four wheel drive is for getting you out of the mess 2 wheel drive got you into.

No, with 2wd you get out & have a look before you drive into questionable places.

Taken a step further, a winch is for the guys who have 4wd drive & thought they could go anywhere only to find out that they really only have 2wd, then need to pull themselves out with a winch.

How true!! Long time saying here is, a 4WD will only get you in deeper, and then you are really stuck.

I am on my 6th 4x4, and the only one I haven't had really stuck, is my current one, with only 4,000 miles on it. At least it was deep snow, which requires a lot shoveling, more so when the frame is being held up by crusted snow, and no tires touching ground. Still better than being stuck in deep mud!!

Jerry

DSteiner51 wrote:

Veebyes wrote:

DSteiner51 wrote:

Veebyes wrote:


Taken a step further, a winch is for the guys who have 4wd drive & thought they could go anywhere only to find out that they really only have 2wd, then need to pull themselves out with a winch.

???? You either have 2wd or 4wd and if the driver/owner hasn't figured out which he has he be in real hurt.

At any point with 4WD only 2 wheels normally have power going to them. A front wheel & a rear wheel. A 2WD only has power to 1 wheel, the one that is spinning joyously.

This is totally false. Have you ever seen the inside of a differential?

You're kidding right? It is totally true unless you have limited slip or other locker. Open diffs, all power goes toward the wheel with least resistance. Most 4WD trucks do get ordered with limited slip in the rear axle, but plenty of them don't.

Veebyes wrote:

DSteiner51 wrote:

Veebyes wrote:


Taken a step further, a winch is for the guys who have 4wd drive & thought they could go anywhere only to find out that they really only have 2wd, then need to pull themselves out with a winch.

???? You either have 2wd or 4wd and if the driver/owner hasn't figured out which he has he be in real hurt.

At any point with 4WD only 2 wheels normally have power going to them. A front wheel & a rear wheel. A 2WD only has power to 1 wheel, the one that is spinning joyously.

This is totally false. Have you ever seen the inside of a differential?

Have we beat this one enough? :B

I guess not...

If you want to drive here...


and set up camp here...


then you might find 4WD useful. North Rim, Grand Canyon.

But if this is your camping style...


then can't imagine you'll need it.

DSteiner51 wrote:

Veebyes wrote:


Taken a step further, a winch is for the guys who have 4wd drive & thought they could go anywhere only to find out that they really only have 2wd, then need to pull themselves out with a winch.

???? You either have 2wd or 4wd and if the driver/owner hasn't figured out which he has he be in real hurt.

At any point with 4WD only 2 wheels normally have power going to them. A front wheel & a rear wheel. A 2WD only has power to 1 wheel, the one that is spinning joyously.

Veebyes wrote:


Taken a step further, a winch is for the guys who have 4wd drive & thought they could go anywhere only to find out that they really only have 2wd, then need to pull themselves out with a winch.

???? You either have 2wd or 4wd and if the driver/owner hasn't figured out which he has he be in real hurt.

mountainsam wrote:
Four wheel drive is for getting you out of the mess 2 wheel drive got you into.

No, with 2wd you get out & have a look before you drive into questionable places.

Taken a step further, a winch is for the guys who have 4wd drive & thought they could go anywhere only to find out that they really only have 2wd, then need to pull themselves out with a winch.

Four wheel drive is for getting you out of the mess 2 wheel drive got you into.

wandering1 wrote:
You dont need a 4 wheel drive to tow an RV. You wouldnt be able to pull the dead weight of an RV thru the terrain you need a 4 wheel drive for.

Crap. There's plenty of "everyday" dirt roads that having 4wd makes for a better, and safer, tow. (Hell, I'll run 4wd on the same road when NOT towing, because it's more comfortable.) There's plenty of unimproved roads that you can tow into with a 2wd, but 4wd makes it a whole lot easier. I travel one every year to our annual family campout. Running about 15-25 mph on a daily-use dirt road and running in 4wd makes a big difference in handing and ride. Once I get off on the side road, I could, and have, run it in 2wd, but why?, when 4LO makes it so much easier, both on me =and= my FW. I'm in no hurry...

Lyle

bpounds wrote:
I have owned nothing but 4WD since 1985. And it gets used plenty.

I have this disease. Cannot pass a dirt road without being drawn toward finding where it goes.

Paved highways do not go to the best places.

If you don't suffer from the need to explore, you will be happy with 2WD.

I =love= it! :-)

Lyle